Neat, thanks. I remember building a model of one when I was a teenager.
Ooo pretty bird
Will have a new life as a SyFy channel interstellar fighter.
Saw one in the late 60s at an airshow. Beautiful airplane. And put on quite a flight demonstration.
Great video about how the brits managed to get the Vulcan all they way to the Falkands via multiple refueling of the refueling tankers.
Falklands’ Most Daring Raid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBJ99bIhAVk
Gorgeous airplane.
I remember when there was a Brit training squadron at Offutt AFB that trained the Vulcan crews on the Midwest bombing ranges. Impressive when that giant manta ray-like jet took off at an almost vertical angle.
It is a fine looking airplane.
One of my favorites at the Abbotsford airshow many years ago.
What a beautiful bird- sad to think of her no longer taking to the air.
Thanks so much for a great thread DFG, and thanks to all y’all for the videos too.
Tatt
Hopefully the final flights will include at least one trip through the Mach Loop.
The Vulcan was stealth before stealth was cool.
As a kid, I always thought the Vulcan bomber was one of the coolest looking aircraft. It was featured in the openning scenes in that great Bond film, “Thunderball”.
With a crew of five the Vulcan had one drawback from a survivebility standpoint. Only the pilots were on ejection seats. If something happened at low altitude the three in back were pretty much doomed. And a bit of trivia, of the Vulcan losses one of them occurred in the U.S. A Vulcan was in Chicago, Illinois for an airshow. While taking off for a practice flight it lost power and crashed just off the end of the runway, killing all five.
Amnazing. Thanks for posting.
When in High School would often see this amazing aircraft flying into Offutt AFB . Was a sight to see.